Spring-couch



(No Model.)

. G. S..ROUSE.

- 7 SPRING 0011011. No. 568,101.

Patented Sept. 22, 1896.,

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

'coNs'rANr s. ROUSE, or PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN.

SPRING-COUCH.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 568,101, dated September 22, 1896.

Application filed 001501361 2, 1895.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CONSTANT S. ROUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Petoskey, in the county of Emmet and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Spring-Oouch, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to spring bed-bottoms; and-it has for its object to providea new and useful attachment for bed-bottoms of this character whereby the springs shall be securely locked and braced together, so as to render displacement thereof impossible.

WVith these and other objects in View, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a sectionof the spring bed-bottom provided with the improvement contemplated by this invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a pair of adjacent springsof the bed-bottom, showing the use of the modified form of the device. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing another modified form of the device. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are details in perspective of the diifer ent forms of coupling-link as shown applied, respectively, in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view on theline 77 of Fig. 1. i

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 designates the frame of a bedbottom in which is arranged any suitable number of springs 2. The springs 2 are of course arranged in parallel longitudinal and transverse rows, and, as illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings, said springs may be of the ordinary hour-glass shape to provide a reversible bed-bottom, in connection with which the herein-described attachment can be advantageously employed, as illustrated in Fig. 7, just referred to.

In carrying out this invention in connection with a reversible bed-bottom of the character referred to continuous longitudinal braces 3 are arranged between the upper and lower coils of the springs 2, and are securely fastened at their ends to opposite ends of the frame 1; but it will of course be understood that these continuous braces 3 may be arranged to extend transversely of the bed-bot- Serial No. 564,417. (No model.)

tom between the transverse rows of springs instead of between the longitudinal rows, as illustrated. The continuous longitudinal braces 3 may consist of continuous lengths of wire, as illustrated in Figs- 1 and 2 of the drawings, or may consist of continuous lengths or strips .offlat metal, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings,and while only one continuous longitudinal brace is illustrated in Figs. '1 and 3 as arranged between the parallel longitudinal rows of springs it will be understood that two or more of these braces may be arranged between each row of springs, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The continuous lon itudinal braces 3 are .used jointly in connection with intermediate wire coupling-links 4, that are adapted to engage with the braces and with the coils of the adjacent springs to provide forsecurely looking said springs in position andobviating spreading or displacement thereof. The wire coupling-links? are made of single lengths of wire and are provided at a point interme diate of their ends with the integral coil-eyes 5, which snugly receive the continuous braces 3, said bracesthereby providing meansfor properly positioning the coupling-links, so that the same will be prevented from having too great a play. WVhena single continuous brace 3 is employed between each row of springs, the coupling-links 4 are provided with single coileeyes 5; but the said links are provided with a pair of the coil-eyes intermediate of their ends when a pair of the braces 3 is employed between each row of springs, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and when used in connection with the flat metal braces illustrated in Fig. 3 the coileyes 5 of the coupling-links are elongated or formed somewhat rectangularly, so as to conform in shape to the shape of the flat metal braces.

In all forms of the couplinglinksthe same are provided at their opposite ends with the engaging-hooks 6, adapted to detachably engage over the coils of the adjacent two springs which are connected together by such links. The hooks 6 at each end of the wire couplinglinks are spring-hooks, which are adapted to be sprung in and out of engagement with the coils of the springs, and the wire terminals, which are bent inward to form said hooks, are provided with inwardly-disposed V-shaped IOO bends 7 which project in close proximity to the straight portions of the links to form shoulders, which serve to retain the coils of the springs within the hooks after the same have been placed in engagement therewith, so that any pressure, however unevenly exerted upon the bed-bottom, willnot cause the coils of the springs to become disengaged from the hooks ot' the coupling-links. By reason of forming the bend 7 in the wire terminals forming the hooks 6 the extreme ends of said wire terminals are sharply inclined, as at 8, to form guides, which insure the quick and ready engagement of the hooks with the coils of the springs connected by the links.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

The combination with the springs; of Wire coupling-links, made of single lengths of wire, and provided at intermediate points with integral coil-eyes and with opposite bent ends forming spring-hooks 6 adapted to detachably engage the coils of the adjacent springs, the wire terminals forming said spring-hooks being provided with inwardly-disposed bends 7, which project in close proximity to the straight portions of the links to form shoulders to prevent the accidental disengagement of the coils from the hooks, and which also form sharply-inclined guide portions 8, at the extreme ends of the wires for guiding the spring-hooks into engagement with the coils of the springs, and a series of continuous braces arranged between each row of springs and snugly registering in the coil-eyes of said coupling-links, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CONSTANT S. ROUSE.

Witnesses:

W. B. LAWTON, WM. L. CURTIS. 

